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Captive Wild Woman

Captive Wild Woman (1943)

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Release Date: Jan 1, 1943 Wide

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A mad scientist turns a gorilla into a beautiful young woman in this well-made Universal potboiler, the first of three films featuring Paula Dupree, the Ape Woman. John Carradine stars as Dr. Sigmund Walters, whose Crestview Sanitarium witnesses strange and unsettling experiments. The doctor's newest scheme concerns Cheena (Ray "Crash" Corrigan), a female gorilla that he has stolen from the Whipple Circus. Injecting the ape with sex hormones obtained from Dorothy Colman (Martha Vickers), the

Unrated, 1 hr. 1 min.

Horror, Classics, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Griffin Jay, Henry Sucher

Aug 3, 1994

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Critic Reviews for Captive Wild Woman

All Critics (7) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (3) | DVD (1)

Lovable but far-fetched hokum sci-fi horror film.

April 6, 2007 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Not captivating.

May 24, 2005 Full Review Source: StaciWilson.com | Comment
Staci Layne Wilson
StaciWilson.com

A bad start to an even worse series of Ape Woman movies.

September 18, 2003 Comment
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

A silly Universal B-horror film, that is 60+minutes of corn.

January 30, 2003 Comment
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
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